Adorno and Art [electronic resource] : Aesthetic Theory Contra Critical Theory /
Hellings, J.author.
A comprehensive, critical and accessible account of Theodor W. Adorno's materialist-dialectical aesthetic theory of art from a contemporary perspective, this volume shows how Adorno's critical theory is awash with images crystallising thoughts to such a degree that it has every reason to be described as aesthetic.
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""Cover ""; ""Half-Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Anti-Introduction: Paint It Black                                        ""; ""Part I Messages in a Bottle: Aesthetic Theory Contra Critical Theory                                                                           ""; ""1 Critical Messages in a Bottle and Restoration                                                      ""
""2 Excursus I â€? The Prevalence of a View: Being Uncompromisingly Critical at the Grand Hotel Abyss                                                                                                        """"3 Excursus II â€? The Prevalence of a View: â€?Donâ€?t Participate:â€? The Politics of Social Praxis                                                                                                   ""; ""4 Aesthetic Messages in a Bottle and Progress                                                    ""
""5 Messages in a Bottle as the Work of Art                                                """"Part II Art Itself Thinks: The Politics of Aesthetic (Mis-)Education                                                                           ""; ""6 The Politics of Artistic Practice: â€?What artist isnâ€?t socially engaged?â€?                                                                                 ""; ""7 The Politics of Spectatorship: Shocking Spectators                                                           ""
""8 The Politics of Aesthetic (Mis-)Education                                                  """"9 Contemporary Art Itself Thinking: Making the Invisible Visible?                                                                        ""; ""Anti-Conclusion: The Russian Ending                                          ""; ""Notes            ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A comprehensive, critical and accessible account of Theodor W. Adorno's materialist-dialectical aesthetic theory of art from a contemporary perspective, this volume shows how Adorno's critical theory is awash with images crystallising thoughts to such a degree that it has every reason to be described as aesthetic.
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969
Aesthetics.
Arts.
Critical theory.
Aesthetics.
Arts.
Critical Theory.